Light front end

[crapichris]

been using the Capri Mk1 this winter for the first time and noticed that when the roads are less than prefect the front wants to drift around a bit - particularly motorway or dual carriageway. Once you back off the loud pedal and go below 60mph the steering hardens up again.

I have checked the suspension, roll bar, bushes, steering, tyres, tracking, etc, etc and the only thing that I can think that is left is the tyre size -165 x 13 on 5j rims. Currently the car runs a 2L pinto, 2.8i roll bar, polybushes, 2L struts, etc. The reason it runs skinny tyres is because it rums a mk3 axkle which is 2" wider than a mk1 axle so the only tyres that fit unde the rear arches are 165. Everything is sweet in the summer but it makes for an interesting experience in winter.

Any bright ideas?

[Supercharged Nat]

what are your tyre pressures like?- are they both even, and what pressure are they at?

 

can you describe how it behaves in a bit more detail please?

[crapichris]

seems to drift a bit like a side wind / lorry rutts on a motorway - in fact the first couple of times that what I thought it was. Also the steering wheel get really light but as I said it only happens in the winter and then only on wet, greasy or icy roads. I checked the tyre pressures 24psi all around.

My Mk3 used to do similar things over 85mph (on a track of course) so when that gets re-built I treating it to an RS spoiler.

[danny69]

A nose up capri can behave like this, too much air getting under the front of the car.

I had a mk2 that was like that until I lowered the front to match the back.

[crapichris]

seems to be level - front to back. Thinking about a spoiler at the front although I don't want too much plastic

[marky4]

have you checked the tracking? are the wheels towing in to much?

[crapichris]

yep all checked